A Kentucky family was forced to dig a loved one's grave after her burial plot was left unfinished before her funeral.

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According to WKYT, Krystina Gilbert's family arrived last Tuesday at Athens Boones Creek Cemetery in Lexington to say goodbye. Gilbert died after a long battle with cancer.

They were stunned by what they saw.

"We expected a normal setup where you would have a hole dug and maybe a tarp, or something nice, over the dirt and chairs and things, and when we got here, there was a man in basically construction clothes leaning against a shovel, smoking a cigarette," Heidi Lawson, Krystina's sister, said.

The grave was far from finished.

Krystina Gilbert's husband, Roger, was deeply upset by the sight.

"So many emotions is going through me. I wanted to cry one minute," Roger Gilbert said. "I was angry. You don't expect to pull up, and number one, see someone still digging the grave. That made me sick to my stomach."

Family and friends began digging. They spent hours in the dirt so Krystina Gilbert could be laid to rest properly.

"I still feel anger from yesterday. Like I said, it's hard enough to bury a sibling," Lawson explained. "At least my family is the one who took care of her. I guess, family it all that matters. That's the one in the end who's going to take care of things."

A manager at the cemetery claims they have had issues with the employee expected to dig the grave and that they're trying to hire someone else.

Family members said they just want to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else.